Additional Bolivian Lake

"Additional Bolivian Lake"? Yeah well, this lake did have a name but, being increasingly discontent with the seemingly short amount of time we had at each of our stops, I couldn't be bothered to read the sign and learn the name of this lake. I was too busy exploring and experiencing the lake. Actually, I just forgot the name :-)

It was small in comparison to the other lakes we'd seen, but it had it's own descent flamenco population.


In some places the gravel that made up the desert floor came right up to the lake, with no vegetative transition area.
Despite seeing them stand all the time, flamencos can fly.

Underwater flamenco footprints. I loved the way the sun would glisten off the water, while the wind provided a memorizing ripple. Can you see why I wanted to spend more time at each stop?
This is the same lake, I just walked to the other side.
You can see our jeep and two others in this picture across the lake. By venturing so far from the vehicles we ensured a longer stay. Besides taking our time to really enjoy our stops, there was an additional benefit to spending long periods of time at each stop, the tours in front of us would leave and sometimes get further ahead of us ensuring that we wouldn't encounter them again for a while. The motivation to be the sole party at these stops was not just to enjoy greater quietness. It was also to avoid the other touring parties after getting a taste of what they were like at the hostel the night before. Can anyone explain to me how getting drunk, rowdy and disrespectful towards your indigenous hosts would enhance your enjoyment of a tour like this? If you can then you probably would've loved the other touring parties.
You can't get bored of flamencos.







Apparently flamencos and humans were not the only wildlife walking around the place, an even-toed ungulate was afoot.